Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... Checklist Outline ... Check apices for pneumothorax ... Interpretation #Checklist ... radiology #diagnosis #pulmonary
Perilymphatic distribution
Perilymphatic nodules are most commonly seen in sarcoidosis.
They also occur in silicosis, coal-worker's pneumoconiosis and
nodules and the nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Perilymphatic #Nodular ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... treated for a prior pneumothorax ... assume that the pneumothorax ... airways leading to pulmonary ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Inhomogeneous patchy nodular ... level in hydro-pneumothorax ... Pal @drdevrad #Pulmonary ... #TB #Patterns #chest
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
irregular and often nodular ... Pathophys #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #TreeInBud ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... histiocytosis: early nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Nodular ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 β€’ Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
Surgical Chest Tube ... for Unstable Pneumothorax ... chesttube #placement #checklist ... instructions #supplies #pulmonary
Absent Lung Sliding in Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

24yo F pleuritic chest pain.  No history of
Lung Sliding in Pneumothorax ... on Lung POCUS ... 24yo F pleuritic chest ... (pneumothorax) ... #Lung #POCUS #pulmonary
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